Folding sofa



(No Model.)

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FOLDING SOFA.

No. 564,154. f5 Patented Ju1y 14, 1896.

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UNITED STATESV PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES METOALFE, OF MARIETTA, GEORGIA.l

FOLDING soFA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,154, dated-Tuly 14, 1896. Application filed January 24, 1896. Serial No. 576,719. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. METCALFE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Marietta, in the county of Cobb and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Folding Sofas; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings merely the framework of this device is shown, inasmuch as therein lies the entire novelty, the parts not shown simply consisting of the u pholstering, which may be done in any' way and on any part of the framework desired.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the frame with back elevated. Fig. 2 is a plan thereof with parts in the same relative position. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the device, the lowered position of the back being shown `in broken lines. Fig. 4 is a section taken between the two parallel end pieces of the back, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the pawl-releasing elements. p

In the figures like reference-marks are employed in the designation of corresponding elements of construction.

The main frame is composed of side pieces a, suitably formed at the ends to support inclined heads and kept in their proper relative positions by means of end pieces a and springsupporting slats a2, arranged intermediately Other cross-bars of suitable construction may, if desired, be placed between the enlarged portion a3 of the side pieces a, whereby the structure may be further strengthened and a suitable base provided for the particular kind of upholstery it is desired to apply.v Legs o4 are secured to the lower edges of the side pieces a, preferably under the head section as thereof, and may be of any desired form and secured in any manner, either independently orl braced to each other. Casters should be employed.

A transverse head-piece b is secured across the upper inclined edges of the side pieces, and secured thereto by the hinges b' on its back edge is a correlative folding section h2, substantially coextensive therewith and fitting closely over the top thereof when folded, as shown in the drawings. "When unfolded or extended, this part b2 forms a head for the then depressed back of the device. The upper side of this leaf o2 carries the upholstering for the head of the lounge when in normal use, and the faces of these leaves when open serve to receive pillows or cushions, the upholstery of the part b2 at such times being on the under side thereof. The upholstery of the seat of the sofa should be about as high as would reach the lower line of the part b, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, while the upholstery on the back should be of a corresponding height, both for the purpose of proper upholstery when used as a sofa and for providing a uniform level when the back is lowered.

On the under side of the lounge is a drawer c for the purpose of depositing bedding, &c.

The back is composed of side bars CZ and two or three parallel end bars CZ', cl2, and (Z3, slats d4 being intermediately placed for the purpose of receiving the upholstery-springs- The pieces CZ act as a backing for the upholstery and serve to support the leaf b2 when same is opened out for use as a bed. The back is hinged to the seat portion by means of the straps e and e, bolted, respectively, to the end pieces ct of the seat-frame and to the pieces cl2 of the back-frame, and joined at their inner ends to each other by a rivet e2. Normally the longitudinal axes of these straps are parallel, but when the back is depressed the strap e assumes the position shown by broken lines in Fig. 3.

Two blocks d5 are placed between the pieces d2 and Z3 at each end of the framefor the back and near the top thereof.

fis a leg, which is provided with a reduced portion f and a slot f2, through which passes the pivoting-bolt f3, which serves to pivot these legs between the end pieces cl2 and cl3. Opposite the openings between the blocks Z5 these legs are connected to each other by means of a cross-bar f4, by means of which they are manipulated. W'hen these legs are in the position shown in Fig. 4, they will readily swing downwardly, so as to lie flush on the back side of the sofa-back, but when they are in the position shown in Fig. 3 the blocks lOO d5 hold them rigidly projected, so that they remain upright when the haelt is turned down and said legs eontaet with the iloor and sup port the hack.

Pivoted to the haek-haraon'a hloek g, seeu red thereto, Ais a eurved arni g', wliieh is provided on its upper end with a lip g3, adapted te engage the holt g", passing through the end pieees d2 and di, and also with a projecting 1inger As shown in Figs. t and 5, a hent wire qG is pivoted on the end teeth (Z3 and havin g a strap ,f/T screwed thereover to pivot it, an arm g5 preventing its aeeidental displacement and a crank g, provided with a wrist g1", heing on the other end thereof. Across this wrist rests the fingerg A pitman 71. is eonneeted to this wrist g1", and heing slotted at the opposite end, as hest shown in Figs. 3 and al, is there eonneeted hy a holt 7L', passing through said leg and said slot. This slot in the pitinan 7L allows the leg to swing downwardly when in the position shown in Fig. 4c, while, if the leg he, when in that position, turned upwardly, the eorrelative arms g will he raised, disengaging the lips g and the holts wherewith they engage when the haek is raised, whieh said disengagement allows the haek to he lowered.

Owing to the faet that the pivotal point of the seat and haelt is ahove the upholstery7 of eaeh or just at the eorner thereof, it is ohvious that the hraein g of the hael;` to hold it up is stronger than were the pivotal point and the supporting-pin engaging the arm closer together, and also that the haek may he folded down upon the seat in transporting same, either shipping or moving, and the goods forming part of the Cushions he thoroughly protected.

Having thus deserihed my invention, what I elaiin s new, and desire to seeure hy Letters Patent oi' the United States, is-

1. A sofa-frame Consisting of a seat-frame and a haek-fraine hinged thereto upon a pivot loeated ahove the seat and hack. when the latter is depressed, legs pivotally see ured to the said haak-frame. on the haek side nea-r the upper edge, an arm pivotally seeured to the haek edge of the seat, passing through the lower edge of the haeh-frame and eurved on a radius from the aforesaid pivot, a lug on said arm, a pin so situated on the hack-frame as to engage said lug when the hack-frame is elevated, and a pitlnan Connected at one end to said arm and at the other end to the eorrelative leg, substantially as and for the purpose speeiiied.

il. A sofawframe consisting of a seat-:frame and a hack-frame hinged thereto, legs pivotally seeured to said haelt-frame on the haelt side near the upper edge, an arm pivotally seeured to the seat-frame on :its haek edge, passing through the lower edge of the haelt-frame and eurved on a radius from the pivot ol' the hinge, a lu on said arm, a pin so situated on the haek-i`rame as to engage said lug when. the hack-.trame is elevated, and a slotted pitinan eonneeted at one end to said arm and at the other end to the correlativo leg hy means of a holt passing through said leg and through the slot in said pitman, substantially as and for the purpose speeiiied.

23. A sofa-frame eonsisting of a seat-fra1ue and a haeleframe hinged thereto, legs pivotally seeured to the said haelt-frame on the haelt side near the upper edge, an arm pivotally seeured to the haelt edge ofthe seat-fram e, passing through the lower edge of the haekfranie and eurved on a radius from the hinge, a lug on said arm, a pin adapted to engage the said lug when thehaelc-frame elevated, a erank inounted on the hack-frame near said pin with its wrist lying under said arm and a pitinan eonneeted to said wrist at one end and to the eorrelative pivoted leg hy its other end, wherehy the upward movement of said leg will disenga-ge the said. lug and pin, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CITAS. A. MET lAljlEE. lVitnesses:

ALBERT l?. Woon, li. L. KEITH. 

